Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Pumpkin Button Art

I have truly become obsessed with making things out of buttons! It all started with THIS egg. Then I made THIS, THIS and THIS. Well now, we have a button Pumpkin!

And here's how I made it...

I started with this frame that I bought for $1.99 at Joann's, 90% off, I knew it had potential!

Can you believe the original price?! Yikes!

Here is a shot of the back...

I just ripped the middle piece out and then wrapped it in burlap and taped it.

I found an image online of a pumpkin that I liked and I printed & cut it out and traced it onto the burlap using a fine tip sharpie. If you are using darker burlap, I would use chalk.

Now it's time to basically put the puzzle together. I put the buttons down where I think they will look good and then switch them around until they fit as well as they can.

Aren't these buttons gorgeous?!

After all the buttons are put in place, I then use a little dab of super glue on the back of each button. The reason? It holds the buttons in place while you are stitching them and hot glue in my opinion would be a more painful and messy option.

When they are all glued down, simply lift the burlap off the board you taped it to and stitch all the buttons. I used 3 strands of embroidery floss.

And then you have this....

Oh, and I may have forgotten to mention that I painted the frame white :) Did you notice?

I love my pumpkin button art and I think it definitely looks better than the original :)

Love the pumpkin! I recently made a monogram pillow out of buttons. I realized about 3/4 of the way through that gluing the buttons down first would make it go a lot faster! Thanks for the inspiration!

OH My goodness!! This is my favorite button project of yours yet!! I am always excited and inspired by these, but I never know where to get a bunch of buttons the same color!!! I would LOVE to know where you got them!!

love it! Love it love it love it love it. Can't get enough cuteness from buttons and I completely adore that you stitched them. I often see projects where the buttons are glued but not stitched - makes ALL the difference in the world (to me anyway). Adorable!! -diane